Williamson's Instruments in AZ did a great job rebuilding and recalibrating my original temp gauge for $265.00, which included new red dye guarantee not to fade and lifetime transferable warranty. If anyone has the same problem I had and no reproduction available contact these guys.
I used 1" wide black felt tape from Amazon under the chicken wire. I attached the new chicken wire using 3/8 10mm staples in my arrow electric staple gun. I put the staples in the exact location that they were on the original ribs. I also soldered new radio antenna wire to the chicken wire.
I installed the wood rib kit from classic wood products and it fit perfectly in my 1936 Fordor. I got new chicken wire from tractor supply and I am ready to install it but I noticed the factory ribs have thin pieces of cardboard between the ribs and chicken wire. Do I need the cardboard pieces...
Find an old guy that is around 84 years old and ask him, He will know of a shop that is still in business that installed those tires when the cars were new. That's what I did and now i got all 5 of my tires mounted on my 1936 for $125 plus tax. Don't take it to Mavis or discount tire, they won't...
I am the lucky owner of a 1936 Ford Fordor slantback one owner barn find car. The spare tire mount was inside the car with the original hardware. I want to put it back on the car, my question is, does the mount go directly metal to metal or is there supposed to be some sort of gasket or rubber...